1929–2005, Italian With a warm, expressive baritone voice ideal for Verdi, Cappuccilli had a superb technique that was still evident when he performed Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci in his last performance at Covent Garden, aged 60. Studying at the Teatro Giuseppe Verdi before graduating to the main stage, he made his professional debut in 1957 as ...
EMI Classics CDS 7 47260 8; Soloists: Joan Sutherland (Donna Anna), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Donna Elvira), Graziella Sciutti (Zerlina), Luigi Alva (Don Ottavio), Eberhard Wächter (Don Giovanni), Giuseppe Taddei (Leporello), Piero Cappuccilli (Masetto), Gottlob Frick (Commendatore) Personalities | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Classical Era | Opera ...
has been fulfilled. Recommended Recording: Rigoletto, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestr; Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor; Deutsche Grammophon 415 288-2GH2; Soloists: Ileana Cotrubas (Gilda), Elena Obraztsova (Maddalena), Plácido Domingo (Duke), Piero Cappuccilli (Rigoletto), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Sparafucile), Kurt Moll (Monterone) Personalities | Giuseppe Verdi | High Romantic | Opera ...
or emigrate after the Western Allies allowed Germany to invade Czechoslovakia, Capek died of double-pneumonia on Christmas Day, 1938. Introduction | Modern Era | Opera Personalities | Piero Cappuccilli | Modern Era | Opera ...
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